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[|Chesapeake Bay Program] [|Voyage of Discovery] [|Bay Area Facts] [|Bay Statistics] [|Chesapeake Bay Timeline] [|Life in the Bay - Sea Grant MD] [|The Estuary System - Chesapeake Bay Program] [|Facts and History - Chesapeake Bay Program] Also read the Chesapeake Bay books on the white shelf for relevant information.

1. What is an estuary? -semi-enclosed body of water -salt & fresh water mixed -estuary most productive environment -providing variety of habitats -Largest estuary out of 130 - other half drains into Bay -mostly salted

2. How was the Chesapeake Bay formed? - Medeor hit earth creating hole - Glaciers melted into hole

3. Where is the Chesapeake Bay located? - Chesapeake bay streaches more than 64,000 square miles Pennslyvainia, Delaware, New York, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and the entire District of Columbia

4. Define a watershed and explain how the Chesapeake Bay watershed impacts the Bay. -Watershed- Where the land drains into a specific body of water - It impacts the bay - Chemicals getting into bay, not good

5. Are there any other interesting facts about the Bay that you think your classmates would like to learn?

- 600,000 Acers of Marshlands - Chesapeake Native word means Great shellfish Bay - Length of Bay is 200 miles - Bay hold over 15 trillion gallons of water - Deepest point 174 ft. Shallowest point is 10 ft. - Chesapeake Bay holds most Blue crabs in the WORLD! - The Chesapeake Bay formed 12,00 years ago